1 Clement XXVI
Source: First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians (trans. Roberts-Donaldson, 1885) (1 Clement XXVI) · father
testifies._ Do we then deem it any great and wonderful thing for the Maker of all things to raise up again those that have piously served Him in the assurance of a good faith, when even by a bird He shows us the mightiness of His power to fulfil His promise? For [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, “Thou shalt raise me up, and I shall confess unto Thee;” and again, “I laid me down, and slept; I awaked, because Thou art with me;” and again, Job says, “Thou shalt raise up this flesh of mine, which has suffered all these things.”
Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)
- manuscript_tradition: Codex Alexandrinus (5th cent) — earliest Greek witness
- manuscript_tradition: Codex Hierosolymitanus (1056) — complete Greek text
- translation: Lightfoot translation (1889-90) — public domain English
- translation: Roberts-Donaldson Ante-Nicene Fathers vol. 1
- republication: Internet Archive — Apostolic Fathers multiple editions